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Thirty US States Take Meta to Trial Over Child Safety, Seeking Up to $1 Trillion
A federal jury trial launched this week could force Facebook and Instagram to strip out some of their most addictive features, and cost Meta more money than most countries earn in a year.
Holiday Photos Are Fuelling a New Bank Fraud Scam
Criminals are scanning public Instagram and Facebook posts, then using AI to craft eerily personalised phishing messages that reference where you were, and when.
Meta Kills AI Image Tool Days After Launch Over Privacy Backlash
A new feature that let users generate pictures by pulling content from public Instagram accounts lasted less than a week before Meta pulled it following an outcry from users and a Hollywood union.
Meta's New AI Tool Can Generate Photos of Instagram Users Without Telling Them
Meta Muse Image AI lets anyone tag a public Instagram account and produce AI-generated images using that person's face. Affected users get no notification at all.
Meta's New AI Tool Lets Anyone Remix Your Instagram Photos Without Asking
Muse can turn public profile pictures into AI-generated images. Experts warn ordinary users may not realise they have already opted in.
Meta's New AI Tool Quietly Turns Your Instagram Photos Into Fodder for Strangers' Images
Muse Image is on by default, and unless you dig into settings, anyone can @-mention your public profile to remix your face and photos into AI-generated pictures.
Meta's New AI Tool Can Put Real People Into Fake Photos Without Asking First
Meta's Muse Image feature lets anyone generate pictures using other people's public Instagram photos. Critics say the opt-out system puts the burden in the wrong place.
Meta's AI Support Bot Handed Out Password Resets to Anyone Who Asked Nicely
A pro-Iran Telegram channel published a walkthrough showing how Instagram's conversational recovery assistant could be talked into linking attacker-controlled email addresses to target accounts. The Obama White House and a senior U.S. Space Force account were briefly defaced.